M1 Carbine in Korean War

[mbogo3]

I think lots of the complaints against the carbine originate from this reason. I have read reports that G.I.'s complained that the .30 carbine cartridge was so under-powered that it wouldn't penetrate the cold weather clothing the Chinese were wearing at "Chosen"...and at 400 yrds I might believe them but I can tell you that my carbine will penetrate a deer side-to-side at 100 yrds without fail, within their originally "planned for" operational usage they would be completely suitable for me to carry.

That has been proven to be false.

 

[cyclone]

That has been proven to be false.

Lt.-Col John George wrote about M-1 Carbines shooting through Japanese (metal) helmets in WW2; maybe the temperature significantly made a difference in ballistic performance?

 

[Garand]

I think lots of the complaints against the carbine originate from this reason. I have read reports that G.I.'s complained that the .30 carbine cartridge was so under-powered that it wouldn't penetrate the cold weather clothing the Chinese were wearing at "Chosen"...and at 400 yrds I might believe them but I can tell you that my carbine will penetrate a deer side-to-side at 100 yrds without fail, within their originally "planned for" operational usage they would be completely suitable for me to carry.

As a former infanteer in an earlier life who spent a number of winters humping a rifle across Northern Canada and Alaska, I personally wouldn't have wanted to wait until the bad guy got within 100 yds of me! Yet we traded our FN's in for mouse guns.